Accrescent isn't the future

I feel like this is the problem with a lot of (mostly security focused) projects like these, which is that they are not born out of a genuine need that most users know they have.

Like, I kinda have no worries about F-Droid staying around forever even if they stopped getting donations, because enough people use it and need it to stick around that there will inevitably be some people who just volunteer to keep it running.

Accescent doesn’t even fully serve the needs of the developer himself , unless he literally only uses the few apps that are on Accrescent and installs nothing else? Like all other Accrescent users, he must need to use GPlay/Aurora/F-Droid/whatever too, which kinda makes Accrescent a tough sell.

The second problem is that after you make a blog post like that, and have a specific number, I think it really harms donations. I just went to look at donating, and I see:

To me, I’m looking at this and I’m really wondering where my $50/month will even go, if he is nowhere near getting the $5,800/month goal yet. Is it basically just a gift I’m giving that he’ll just pocket because he doesn’t have time to work on it yet? I’ll do it anyways (kept forgetting to before lol) but I still worry it is a bit of a waste.

In their defense, they have a few subsequent blog posts like this one which are a bit more reassuring.

@Grapeg I like the pfp